PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (Aug 2021)

Morocco as a possible source for acquisition of Rhinocladiella mackenziei.

  • Baptiste Lafont Rapnouil,
  • Jérémie F Cohen,
  • Eric Bailly,
  • Louis Bernard,
  • Dea Garcia-Hermoso,
  • Fanny Lanternier,
  • Catherine Horodyckid,
  • Lucie Limousin,
  • Ephrem Salamé,
  • Ilyess Zemmoura,
  • Guillaume Desoubeaux,
  • Olivier Lortholary

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009563
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
p. e0009563

Abstract

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Rhinocladiella mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis is a rare severe disease that has been typically described in the Middle East. Here, we report 2 cases of R. mackenziei cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in patients from Morocco, diagnosed and treated in France, and raise a concern about the ever-going extension of the area at risk for this devastating invasive fungal infection.